Grassland Evaluation Contest Study Guide	Fifth Edition: October 2005
Suggested References
The following curriculum guides are available from the "Instructional Materials Laboratory" (I.M.L.), Columbia, Missouri. 10-1201-I & 10-1201-S  "Introduction to Grassland Management" (1997) 10-1203-I & 10-1203-S  "Crop & Grassland Plant Identification" (1997) 10-4853-I & 10-4853-S  "Fish & Wildlife Management" 10-5050-I & 10-5050-S  "Soil Science" 10-1200-S "Grass & Legume I.D. 10-1220-V "Rotational Grazing" video The following guidesheets are available from the county University of Missouri Extension Center. G4650 - Establishing Forages G4651 - Renovating Grass Sods With Legumes G4515 - Annual Lespedeza G4550 - Alfalfa G4620 - Bermudagrass G4639 - White, Ladino & Sweet Clover G4640 - Birdsfoot Trefoil G4610 - The Bluegrasses G4673 - Big Bluestem, Indiangrass and Switchgrass G4674 - Caucasian Bluestem G6710 - Orchardgrass G4638 - Red Clover G4646 - Tall Fescue G2095 - Backgrounding Calves - Part 1 G2096 - Backgrounding Calves - Part 2 G2101 - Grass Tetany G2072 - Grain and Protein Supplements For Beef Cattle on Pasture G2062 - Wintering Beef Cows G2037 - The Systems Concept of Beef Production G2099 - Hot Weather Livestock Stress G9112 - Interpreting Missouri Soil Test Reports Additional Reference Books 100 Native Forage Grasses in 11 Southern States, Ag. Handbook, No. 389 U.S.D.A., Soil Conservation Service, Washington D.C. Dalrymple, R.L., Forage and Crop Management Specialist, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Old World Bluestem: Planting, Stand Establishment and Early Stand Production Management Available through: Agricultural Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, OK 73402 Dietz, Harland E., Range conservationist (retired), S.C.S., Grass: The Stockman's Crop--How to Harvest More Of It Available through: Sunshine Unlimited, Inc., P.O. Box 471, Lindsborg, KS 67456 Key to the Perennial Grasses, Midwest Region East of The Great Plains (abstracted from Hitchcock's Manual of the Grasses) SCS -TP- 151 U.S.D.A., S.C.S., Washington D.C. Manual of the Grasses of the United States, Second Edition, A.S. Hitchcock, two volumes, Dover Publications, New York, 1051 p. Martin, Zim & Nelson; American Wildlife & Plants: A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits, Dover Publications, Inc., New York Pasture and Range Plants, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. Available through: Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas Range Grasses of Kansas, #C567 Cooperative Extension Service Manhattan, Kansas Range Plant Handbook, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Dover Publications, New York, 811 p., No. 0-486-25783-5 Settergen, Carl & R.E. Mcdermott, Trees of Missouri University of Missouri, Ag. Experiment Station Steyermark, Julian A., Flora of Missouri The Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa Stubbendieck, Hatch & Hirsch, North American Range Plants, 1989, Third Edition, 465 p., University of Nebraska Press Symonds, George W.D., The Shrub Identification Book William Morrow & Co., New York Waller, Steven S., Lowell E. Moser, Patrick E. Reese; Understanding Grass Growth: The Key To Profitable Livestock Production. Available through: Trabon Printing Co., Inc., 430 Bannister Road, Kansas City, MO 64131 Weeds of the North Central States, N.C. Regional Pub. No. 36, Circular 718 of the University if Illinois, Ag. Experiment Station, Urbana, IL Wildlife Management For Missouri Landowners, Pitts, David E., Mo. Dept. of Conservation, Box 180, Jefferson City, Mo. 65101. (Booklet free upon request) Return to Grassland Evaluation Contest Study Guide